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First off I would like to welcome a couple of new members to the Events Calendar team.

• Louis Lapointe has joined our team and has been a big help in getting collaboration going and sharing ideas to help with support of the plugin.  With Louis’ suggestion we will be having a bug tracker to help with the development of the plugin.  Louis is also putting together to major tests to bring the plugin to it’s knees.  This is good for us because the more bugs we catch the better it is for you.  Louis is setting up his site at http://www.laplix.com.  Be sure to visit him.
• The next addition is Coe Gwathney.  Coe is a long time friend of mine and is a very talented graphics artist.  He is working on a logo for us and will be very beneficial in the development of the plugin.  Coe is getting his feet wet with coding and Wordpress.  Visit him at http://www.gwathneydesign.com to see some of his work.

The support for the plugin will be moved to http://www.wp-eventscalendar.com.  There you will find a blog on the front page that will be used for announcements and to hear your comments.  There is also a forum at http://forum.wp-eventscalendar.com.  This forum will be used as you would expect.  General comments, questions and suggestions will be handled here.  There will be a bug tracker at http://tracker.wp-eventscalendar.com.  This is powered by Mantis and will be up and running in the next day or two.

Lastly, with the popularity of Twitter, we decided that it would be beneficial to have a presence there.  You can find us at http://www.twitter.com/wpec.  This will give you immediate access to anything that we think needs to be pushed out.  So whether you are online at your computer or using a mobile client you will be able to see updates pertaining to the Events Calendar.

Hope to see everyone at the new site for support.  I will still be posting some announcements and other things here but support will be handled at the new site.

I added an image in the sidebar that will allow you to follow me on twitter.  I don’t expect nor am I trying to reach the ranks or Ashton or Diddy, but I’ll take as many as I can get.  Just for your information, there might be some tweets that have non-PG language so if you follow me be prepared.  I will used it for updates about the site as well, but there are personal ones as well.
Also, a big thanks to my buddy Coe for the design of the Follow Me icon.  Thanks Coe.  Don’t forget to check out his site.

A friend of mine has started a site now to show off some of his graphic design work.  He is self taught and very talented.  Check out Coe’s site, Gwathney Design for some top notch work.

• Remember the Milk
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  • Syncs with online server
  • There is desktop client called Remember the Task
  • The online service is free
  • There is a free trial for mobile access but I paid $25 because I use it so much.

• Evernote
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  • Syncs to online
  • There is a desktop clientFree for certain amount of transfer, can pay for more if necessary

• Google
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• IM+
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• eBay and PayPal Apps
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• Log Me In
  • This app is cool but it is $25

• Cool Iris
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• i.TV
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  • With DVR service (TIVO and maybe others) you can set up recordings from your phone.

• Google Earth
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• Air Mouse
  • Cool mouse app to control your computer.
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• Dual Level
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• Shazam
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• Sports Tap
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• Pandora
  • Online radio
  • There is computer version also that is pretty cool.